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Tetradrachm - Ardashir I (type II - Parthian style Kulah)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia)
Denomination: BI Tetradrachm
(1/3)
Year: (224-241)
Material: Billon
Weight: 13.68 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 29 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: sasanian empirepersia
Description:
Obverse
A portrait of the king facing right, in Parthian-style headdress (kulah) edged along the borders with tow rows of "pearls". There is an ornament made of "pearls" on the kulah. The central ornament is a six-pointed star. The hair covered by bashlyk edged with "pearls", and ribbons with bows flow out from the kulah. Around his neck the King wears a necklace in the form of tow hoops. There is a pointed rim around the picture.
Middle Persian (Pahlavi) legend
Reverse
A fire-altar (atasdan) in the form of column with a capitellum and base consisting of some plates. Under the capitellum there is a tongue of flame. The capitellum is supported by stands in the form of "lion paws" resting upon censers. The stands are decorated with bows. There is a pointed rim around the picture.
Pahlavi legend
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